"Gone Observing"

Observing checklist for Jane and Mojo

Telescopes

• 12.5" Litebox

  • Mirror
  • Body (incl. shroud and cover)
  • Truss poles
  • Equipment box:
    • Telrad
    • Springs
    • Nut driver
    • Knob box, knobs, collimation wrench
    • Small screwdriver for secondary
  • 2" - 1.25" adapter

• 14.5" Litebox

  • Mirror (incl. digital thermometer and batteries)
  • Body (incl. shroud)
  • Truss poles
  • Equipment box:
    • Telrad
    • Springs
    • Nut driver
    • Finder scope (incl. diagonal, eyepiece)
    • Knob box (incl. knobs, small and large collimation wrenches)

• 17.5" Litebox

  • Mirror (incl. batteries)
  • Body (incl. shroud)
  • Truss poles
  • Short-tube 80 finder box (incl. diagonal, eyepiece, camera swivel with bolt)
  • Equipment box:
    • Telrad
    • Springs
    • Knob box (knobs, small and large collimation wrenches)
    • Nut driver
    • Vise-Grip

• A-P Traveler

  • OTA case:
    • OTA with mount adapter
    • Telrad
    • 2" Diagonal
    • Focus extender
    • Allen wrenches
  • GP mount case:
    • GP mount (incl. tripod, head, alignment scope covers)
    • Hand controller (incl. 12V coiled cord and plug)
    • Polar scope light (penlight, head, 1 AA battery)
    • Anti-vibration pads
  • 12V Battery, charged
  • Counterweight assembly

• A-P 180 EDT

  • Pier base
  • Pier legs (3)
  • Pier struts
  • Pier, short or tall
  • Accessory tray
  • Mount R.A. drive
  • Mount Dec drive
  • Counterweight shaft
  • Counterweights
  • Main telescope rings
  • Drive controller, Y cable, Power cable
  • Drive battery
  • OTA
  • Televue Ranger
  • Ranger mounting rings
  • Eyepieces and accessories
    • Binocular viewer, straight-through adapter, 2" barrel
    • Telrad
    • Telrad mounting straps
    • Maxbright diagonal
    • Convertible Barlow
    • Zeiss eyepiece sets (2)
    • Televue Radians: 10mm, 6mm, 4mm
  • Toolkit
    • Hex wrenches
    • Vise grip
    • Screwdrivers
    • Alternate turnbuckles

• Common accessories

  • Favorite eyepieces
    • 22 Panoptic
    • 19 Panoptic
    • 16 Nagler
    • 9 Nagler
    • 21 Lanthanum
    • 18 Lanthanum
    • 14 Lanthanum
    • 12 Lanthanum
    • 6 Lanthanum
    • 3.8 Lanthanum
    • 2.3 Lanthanum
    • 2x Barlow
  • Collimation tools:
    • Laser collimator
    • Cheshire eyepiece
    • Red-filtered Mag-lite
  • Filters:
    • UHC
    • O-III

Documents

• Jane's Box

  • Night Sky Observer's Guide v. 1 & 2
  • Millenium Star Atlas
  • Herald-Bobroff Atlas
  • RASC Observer's Handbook
  • Sketching supplies (incl. pad, pencils, sharpener, erasers, smudge tools)
  • Clipboard
  • Planet satellite finders, red spot schedule, Jupiter moon events
  • Pencils
  • Misc. project clippings

• Mojo's Box

  • Reading glasses
  • Night Sky Observer's Guide v. 1 & 2
  • Uranometria v. 1 & 2
  • Edmund's Mag 6 Atlas
  • RASC Observer's Handbook
  • Steno pad observing log
  • Dixon Sensematic pencils
  • Satellite schedules
  • Minor planet finders

Clothing

• Jane

  • Warm hat
  • Gloves
  • Coat
  • Sweatshirt
  • Thermal pants
  • Thermal shirt
  • Warm boots
  • Scarf

• Mojo

  • Thermal pants
  • Turtle neck warm shirt
  • Columbia jacket (shell and lining)
  • Warm soft hat
  • Fingerless gloves

Support Hardware

• 2 Skylite flashlights
• Yellow right-angle red light
• Misc. LED flashlights
• Batteries (mininum quantities):
  • AA cells (20)
  • C cells (6)
  • 9V cells (3)
• 9x63 binoculars
• 7x50 binoculars
• 2 tables
• Ladders for each telescope
• Folding chair for chart table
• Reclining chair for observing (or napping)
• Ground mats for telescopes (e.g., carpet remnants)
• Pocket knives
• Adjustable observing chair

Food & Medicine

• Water
• Coffee thermos
• Non-spill coffee mugs
• Wine bottle opener
• Wine cups
• Nuts, crackers, cheese, peanut butter
• Spoons, forks
• Bug repellant
• Sunscreen
• Band-aids
• Antiseptic ointment
• Pepcid AC & Tums
• Allegra or Claritin
• Ibuprofen
• Tylenol
• Aspirin